A realistic Veteran AI fighter jet?

[Silent Film]

Does anyone know is there any realistic Veteran AI fighter jet in DCS? That is close to the player version of the aircraft?

I have tried to dogfight in Mirage F1CE vs. Veteran AI MiG-21Bis, and it was like I am stuck with 350 knots and bip-bip-bip-bip-bip sounds while the Fishbed is flying circles around me. I was like, ok, maybe the F1 was not a good match for the Fishbed. Then I tried with F-14B Tomcat, and it was almost the same. Ok, I put all my hopes into the Mirage 2000C, and it was a bit better but similar, I couldn't catch up with the AI MiG-21.

Then I thought, it is something fishy in this Fishbed. I looked up the track, and I saw that the AI MiG-21 was accelerating during 6-8g turns with the speed of 400-500 knots.

So I was wondering, maybe someone knows is there any realistic AI?

[BIGNEWY]

AI MiG-21 needs some tweaking for sure, it is reported. We also have the GFM being worked on for AI and we will share more news in the future about that. 

thanks

[draconus]

11 hours ago, Silent Film said:

That is close to the player version of the aircraft?

No, AI uses SFM while players use AFM/PFM/EFM depending on aircraft: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/general/

It doesn't mean they are always better. Skilled player wins most of the time with AI. You can't rely on flying circles only.

You can handicap AI by setting easier difficulty and making them heavier - easiest with the fuel load. If you use bombs or other stores make sure they are not allowed to jettison them.

[Silent Film]

16 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

AI MiG-21 needs some tweaking for sure, it is reported. We also have the GFM being worked on for AI and we will share more news in the future about that. 

thanks

Thank you, it would really mean that AI is made better at some point, because I and many other players use mostly single player custom missions. From my experience so far, some AI aircraft like MiG-29 and F-16 are made too easy, F-18 could be close to realistic model, and MiG-21 is flying like Superman. So I was wondering what AI models are the most realistic at the moment.

[twistking]

18 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

AI MiG-21 needs some tweaking for sure, it is reported. We also have the GFM being worked on for AI and we will share more news in the future about that. 

thanks

This is really much needed. Please make this a priority!

By the way... can you tell me if those AI flight models are the responsibility of the 3rd party that developed the module or of ED?

[Gunfreak]

I'm gonna be curious how the Hellcat and Corsair AI will be, if they'll do like the German aircraft, insist on doing turn fights with the Zero, only to be shot down. 

[Exorcet]

As a reminder we do have the cargo command to add weight to AI aircraft and limit their performance:

 

[Tophatter14]

Any chance ED can follow up on the infinite chaff/flares the AI have?  Or is it enabled if a player enables unlimited weapons for player aircraft?

 

[Flappie]

@Tophatter14 I've just bumped the internal bug report you linked to.